Humboldt County Drug Task Force agents executed a search warrant near Murray Road in McKinleyville Monday after they intercepted a package containing $5,000 in cash in the mail, according to authorities.

"We do a follow up to see where the package is going," said Drug Task Force Lt. Wayne Hanson. "It led us here to see why the money is being sent to them."

Hanson said when one of his agents inquired about the package at the residence, he smelled marijuana. Agents then waited while they obtained a search warrant. Hanson said the owner told agents he had sold a vehicle, which might explain a large amount of cash in the mail.

But Hanson told the Times-Standard that agents were looking for marijuana, cash, and weapons.

Hoggard Films, a production company out of Colorado, was also on the scene to film agents executing the warrant. Hoggard is producing six hour-long episodes for Discovery Channel that examines marijuana eradication efforts in Humboldt and Mendocino counties, as well as growers and other locals involved in the marijuana trade. The show is set to air in November.

Hanson emerged from the house to give the Hoggard videographer updates on how the search was going, while another videographer was allowed to enter the house and film, with the permission of the yet-to-be identified residents.

About an hour after beginning their search, Hanson said agents had found more than $1,000 in cash, vacuum sealing bags for mailing marijuana, and numerous baseball cards and other collectibles from the 1950s and 1960s.

He said the owner also told agents he had four pounds of processed marijuana in a back bedroom, and that agents were continuing their search.